By The Brown Spectator on December 8, 2010
As many know, Angel Taveras, the Harvard and Georgetown educated lawyer and former city housing court judge won he democratic primary with forty nine percent of the vote. He defeated John Lombardi (twenty nine percent of the vote), who has been a fixture for the last twenty-six years on the Providence City Council and has [...]
Posted in Features, Local | Tagged Providence, Taveras
By Philip Primeau on April 28, 2010
Might another “Kennedy seat” become “the people’s seat”? Republicans across Rhode Island, as well as plenty outside the state, are praying that will be the case. Their aspirations ride on John Loughlin, whose campaign for the first congressional district many see as a reprise of Scott Brown’s smash insurgency.
The three term representative from [...]
Posted in Brown University, Local
By Sean Quigley on January 28, 2009
Okay, I must admit to my infatuation with the works of F. Scott Fitzgerald and the high culture which he often described with tantalizing detail – hence, the title. But my words here should not appeal solely to those persons who wish that they could count Amory Blaine and Nick Carraway among their friends.
You might [...]
Posted in Local | Tagged January 2009, Volume VII Number III
By Travis Rowley on January 28, 2009
You may have seen the billboard hovering above Route 95. “Rhode Islanders, Had Enough? Do Something About It,” instructs the opening advertisement for Transform Rhode Island, a recently launched organization that aims to bolster reform efforts through a strategy of communication.
Or perhaps you read the Sept. 29 article in The Journal (“Billboard ads have links [...]
Posted in Local | Tagged January 2009, Volume VII Number III
By Travis Rowley on September 15, 2008
Consequences are the results of choices. So, as Rhode Islanders confront a half-billion dollar budget deficit, they should reflect upon the decisions that caused their State’s economic distress. After all, the State’s current fiscal condition was never a fated scenario. Alternate policies could have been employed.
So what decisions led to Rhode Island’s economic crisis?
The easy [...]
Posted in Local | Tagged September 2008, Volume VII Number I
By Kristina Kelleher on May 8, 2008
While the smallest state in the nation may be geographically far away from the border, it has not managed to avoid the problem of illegal immigrants who, along with their supporters, think they are above the law. Luckily, on March 27, 2008, Governor Donald L. Carcieri signed an Executive Order aimed at bringing them back [...]
Posted in Local | Tagged May 2008, Volume VI Number VII
By Travis Rowley on May 8, 2008
The United States, a nation long thought of as being comprised of a unique citizenry, who dedicated themselves to revolutionary propositions before subscribing to much else, offers much to reflect upon regarding its remarkable national character, and much to ponder in terms of how such a formidable society could founder.
Over the course of more [...]
Posted in Local | Tagged May 2008, Volume VI Number VII
By Andrew Migneault on May 8, 2008
The dance was slated to begin at 6:00 p.m. sharp on Friday, April 18. The time was relatively early compared to the dances most students partake in at Brown University. This particular instance, however, would not feature some student DJ showcasing his iTunes library, or a bar with one dollar drinks in a crowded room. [...]
Posted in Lead, Local | Tagged May 2008, Volume VI Number VII
